Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Executive Officer A.V. Dharma Reddy has urged the National Disaster Management Authority (NMDA) to draw an action plan to help it avert casualties during natural calamities in Tirumala.
In a virtual meeting at the Annamaiah Bhavan on Thursday, Mr. Reddy urged NDMA Joint Secretary Kumal Sathyarthi to provide a draft manual of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to protect the devotees in the events of landslides, road accidents and natural calamities.
In a brief presentation, the TTD EO said that the average pilgrim footfalls visiting the temple town had touched 80,000 a day and the figures were even more on festive occasions.
